Wrench.



No. 688,896. Patented Dec. I7, 190:. J. w. SUIDTER.

WRENCH.

(Application filed 006. 1901.

(No Model.)

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WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,896, dated December 17, 1901. Application filed October 2, 1901- Serial No. 77,305- (No model To all whom, it may concern.-

Be itknown that LJAnns W. SUIDTER,a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Sharon, in the county of Walworth and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful WVrench, of which the following is 'a'specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in wrenches, and has for its principal object to provide an improved form of wrench for retaining and holding a nut when removed from the end of a vehicle-axle or other threaded stem or bolt.

A further object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of the nut-holding devices and to make these portions readily detachable from the wrench for purposes of cleaning.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a wrench constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of one end of the wrench, illustrating the method of placing the spring member in position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spring-pressed nut-holding clamp detached. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation through the nut-receiving socket looking toward the rear or handle end of the wrench.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The handle 1 is of the ordinary construction and may be provided at one end with a series of nut-receiving sockets 2 in the ordinary way.

At the opposite end of the handle is a socket 3, adapted for the reception of an axle-nut, and the rear wall of the said socket is adapted for the reception and support of a nut-engag ing clamp 4: of the construction more clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The clamp 4 is preferably formed of a single piece of wire bent in the manner shown in Fig. 3 and comprising opposite side bars 5, having rearWardly-bent portions 6, adapted to pass through guiding-openin gs 7 in the rear wall of the socket. The extreme ends of the side bars after passing through the openings 7 are bent downwardly at 8 to form stops against the outer wall of the socket to prevent excessive inward movement of the clamp. The side bars 5 are adapted to vertically-elongated recesses f) in the inner wall of the socket and are thence bent horizontally, as at 10, toward each other, the portions 10 being disposed in a plane immediately below the edge of the socket and being adapted to horizontal extensions 11 of the recesses 9. The recesses are of a depth sufficient to receive the full thickness of the wire, so that there will be no interference with the entrance of the nut, and theinward projection of the clamp is such as to enable the wrench to be applied to nuts of varying size. The horizontal portions 10 of the clamp are bent rearwardly, as at 12, and are adapted to guiding-recesses 13 in the edge of the socket-piece, and at the rear of the clamp the portions 12 are again bent downwardly, as at 14:, in a plane parallel with the downwardly-bent end portions 8. The portions 14 are united by a forwardly-curved loop 15, adapted to a socket 16 in the rear wall of the nut-receiving socket.

The handle portion of the wrench is preferably provided with an elongated groove 18 for the purpose of' reducing the weight of metal, and at the sides of the groove are ribs 19, in which are cut transversely-alining recesses 21, as shown in Fig. 1.

22 representsan eye swiveled to the handle at a point between the two recesses 21 and adapted to receive a spring member 23, the latter being preferably formed of a section of spring-wire and bent at an angle to form two arms, the upper of which engages with the loop 15 of the crank memberand the rear end of the lower arm being provided with a downwardly-bent end 24, adapted to a suitable opening 25, formed in the handle 1.

The construction of the swivel and the spring member is such that in assembling the parts the upper arm of the spring can be passed through the swivel-eye in the manner shown in Fig. 2 and thence turned with the swivel at the center until the upper arm is in engagement with the loop 15 and the lower arm is engaged in the opening 25. The parts may be readily disassembled by reversing this operation when it is desired to clean the wrench, and clamp member t may be made sufficiently loose to permit of its ready disengagement from the socket, or the lower end 8 of the clamp member may be bent upwardly into alinement with the portions 6.

Although the construction herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, is the preferred form of the device, it is obvious that changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A wrench comprising a handle, a socket member having in its rear wall clamp-guiding openings and recesses, a clamping member adapted to said openings and recesses, a spring member adapted for engagement with said clamping member, and a swiveled eye carrying said spring member.

2. The combination of a wrench, of a handle, a socket thereon, a nut-engaging clamp extending within said socket, a spring memher having two arms, one adapted for engagement with the clamp member and the other for engagement with the handle, and a swiveled eye carrying said spring member at a point intermediate of its length, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of a wrench, of a handle having an elongated recess and side walls or ribs provided with transverse notches or recesses, a socket member carriedby the handle, a clamp member extendingwithin said socket, and a spring member bent to form two arms, adapted one for engagement with the clamp member and one for engagement with the handle, and a swiveled eye carried by the handle at a point in alinement with the transversely-disposed notches of said side walls or ribs, substantially as described.

4. The combination of awrench, of the handle having a socket 3, provided with guidingopenings 7 and guiding-recesses 13, clampreceiving recesses 10 and 11 being formed in the inner face of the rear wall of the socket, a clamp member formed of a section of wire having opposite vertically-disposed bars 5 and horizon tally-disposed alining bars 10 adapted to the recesses 10 and 11, rearwardly-bent bars 6 adapted to the guiding-openings 7, rearwardly-bent bars 12 adapted to the guiding-recesses 13 and downwardly-bent 1116111- bers 14 united by a loop 15 at a point outside the socket, a spring member having two arms 23 and 2st adapted to bear against the clamp member, and a swiveled eye 22 carrying said spring member, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES XV. SUID'IER'.

\Vitnesses:

O. W. SEARL, JOHN H. SHUNK. 

